Managing moose harvests by the seat of your pants

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-347

  Boyce, Mark S ^a   Baxter, Peter W J ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Harvest models; Hunting; Management Strategy Evaluation; Monitoring; Sustainable yield

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HUNTING; POPULATION MODELING; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869873593     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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